Curling-tongs heater



(No Model.)

A. w. KENT. GURLING TONGS HEATER.

No.-478, 437. Patented July 5, 1892.

UNITED STATES ALEXANDER W. KENT, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PATENT OFErcE.

CURLING-TONGSJHEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,437, dated July 5,1892.

Application filed April 21, 1891. Renewed June 6, 1892- Serial No.485,654. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER W. KENT, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Curling-Tongs Heaters, of which the following; is adescription sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any personskilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an elevationshowing my improved heater in use on a lamp; Fig. 2, a like view showingthe same in use with agasjet; Fig. 3, an end elevation of the heaterdetached; Fig. 4, a bottom plan view of the same, and Fig. 5 aviewillustrating modification in the formation of the supporting crossbars.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

My invention relates especially to a device for heating tongs or combswhich are employed for curling or crimping human hair; and it consistsin certain novel features hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, theobject being to produce a simpler, cheaper, and more etfective device ofthis character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understoodby all conversant with such matters from the following explanation:

In the drawings, A represents the heater considered as a whole. Saidheater comprises a bell cl, which is of sufficient diameter to projectover the sides of a lamp-chimney B or gas-jet O. A horizontally-arrangedtubef is secured to the top of the bell 01, said bell opening at 9 intosaid tube. The ends of the tube may be turned inward at-h, (see Fig. 3,)a slot 4) being formed in the top of said inwardly-turned flange toreceive the teeth of a curling-comb D. Across the bottom of the bell dsupporting-bars iare'secured. These bars are preferably crimped orcorrugated, as

shown in Fig. 5, to prevent them from slip-- ping on the top of thechimney B. Springs j are secured to the bell and are of suitable lengthto enter eyes 70 or other attaching means on the lamp-burner E.

In the use of myimprovement the bell d is disposed on top of thelamp-chimney and secured, as described, by the springs j and corrugatedrods '6, preventing lateral movement of said bell. The heat from saidchimney passes through the opening 9 in the bottom ofthe bell andintothe radiating-tubef. The tongs or comb D may be inserted at will in thetube f and heated in a manner which will be readily understood without amore explicit description.

To attach the device to a gas-burner F a bracket m is secured to saidburner, said bracket being provided with vertical standards p, whichsupport the bell (1 above the flame O, the operation of this devicebeing the same as when the heater is secured to the lamp-chimney.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is 1. A heater forcurling-tongs, comprising a bell, a horizontally-arranged tube securedto and opening centrally into said bell, and mechanism for supportingsaid bell over a lamp or gas burner, substantially as described.

2. The heater A, comprising the bell dand tube f, secured thereto, theopening g, lead- 8o ing from said bell to said tube, the supporting-barse', secured in the mouth of said bell, and means for securing the bellin position on a lamp-chimney, substantially as described.

3. A heater for curling-tongs, comprising a bell, ahorizontally-arranged tube secured in the apex thereof and openingcentrally in said bell, and corrugated supporting-bars disposed acrossthe mouth of said bell, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.9

4:- The tube f, provided with the flange h and slot 1), in combinationwith the bell d, secured to said tube and opening therein at g, and thesupporting-bars i, secured to said bell, all being arranged to operatesubstan- 5 tially as described.

ALEXANDER W. KENT.

Witnesses:

0. M. SHAW, K. DURFEE.

